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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Illustrated by M. V. Wheelhouse. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1925. In original orange pictorial boards, stamped in gilt on front and spine. New archiv...
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1920s Victorian Vintage English Books

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Sentimental Tommy, The Story of His Boyhood – J. M. Barrie, creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Cassell and Co., 1896. First Edition. Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. viii + 452 + 4 of publisher's advertising. Red calf binding by Root & Son (stamp on f...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Books

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Gold Leaf

An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare by Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
Located in Middletown, NY
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800 An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare; An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare, compared with the Greek and French dramat...
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Mid-18th Century Antique English Books

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Gold Leaf

The Works of Charles Dickens, National Edition, 1907, 30 Vols., Edition of 750
By Charles Dickens
Located in Morristown, NJ
Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, Limited Edition of 750 A substantial collection of The Works of Charles Dickens in the scarce National Edition, published in London by Chapman and Hal...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique English Books

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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick (Laurence Stern)
Located in Middletown, NY
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition, numbered 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 inches (230 x 145 mm); iv + 152 + ii pages, printed on English hand-made paper in 14 pt....
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Early 20th Century English Books

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Gold Leaf

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks by Sir Charles J. Jackson
By Sir Charles J. Jackson
Located in valatie, NY
English Goldsmiths and Their Marks by Sir Charles J. Jackson. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1921. Second edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 747 pp. A history of goldsmiths and ...
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20th Century English Books

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Sotheby s Art at Auction, the Art Market in Review 1993-94 by Sotheby s, 1st Ed
By Sotheby s
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Art at Auction - The Art Market in Review 1993-1994 by Sotheby's. Hightlights: "The Property of a Lady" by Ian Fleming a James Bond short story (commissioned by Sotheby's in 1963), Klimt (Dame mit Facher), David Smith (Cubi V), Harry Winston diamond necklace...
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1990s English Books

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Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine. Sauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea; with Particulars Historical and Descriptive. London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition. 4to, 13 1/2 x 11 (343 x 280 mm), pp. x, 177, title vignette and 24 hand colored aquatints, map. Later three-quarter yellow levant morocco with fillets, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands and black title label; marbled boards and endpapers, a.e.g.. Spine and boards in very good condition, binding tight and square, text and plates with very occasional spotting. [Abbey, Travel 90; Tooley 445; Bobins, Exotic and the Beautiful II: 548] Condition: Near fine. This is a first printing of one of the great nineteenth-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Luminous impressions of the plates, beautifully hand-colored. Engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785 – 1825) and Daniel Havell (1785 – 1826) from sketches and drawings by Augustus Pugin (1812 – 1852) and John Gendall (1790 – 1865), the illustrations also include a vignette on the title page representing the Château de Rosny (home of the Duchess of Berry...
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Early 19th Century Antique English Books

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Leather, Paper

Human Life by Samuel Rogers in a stunning "à la cathedrale" binding
Located in Middletown, NY
London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. 4to, 8 3/4 x 7 inches (220 x 180 mm); 100 pp with "1819" watermark clearly visible on many pages. Contemporary straight-grained crimson mor...
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Early 19th Century Antique English Books

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HOUSE OF LORDS. Remembrances for Order. 1712 - WITH THE GILT ARMS OF QUEEN ANNE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOUSE OF LORDS. TITLE: Remembrances for Order and decency to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there. PUBLISHER: London, May 7...
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1710s Antique English Books

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The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics, songs, and snatches found in his dramas; according to the text of the original co...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Books

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Important Collection of Early Oak Furniture Metalwork from the Manor House
Located in valatie, NY
An Important Collection of Early Oak Furniture and Metalwork Removed from The Manor House, Bramcote, Nottingham. 24 May 2001, Christie's. Catalogue...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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An Edinburgh Eleven by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE An Edinburgh Eleven; Pencil Portraits from College — "British Weekly" Extras, No. III. London: British Weekly Office, 1889. 12mo, 7 x 4 1/2 inches (178...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Books

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Gold Leaf

Christie s The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. London
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. London 9/18/13 Sale #1186. 1st Ed. softcover auction catalog. 401 pages with 635 lots illustrated in color and al...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald translation, Club Bindery
Located in Middletown, NY
From the library of John A. Spoor an elegantly bound Rubáiyát by Club Bindery. Omar Khayyám, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Third Edition. 8vo, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 153 mm); xxiv, 36, (xiv) pp. Beautiful dark maroon morocco binding by Club Bindery 1892 (gold stamped on bottom of inside cover), gilt titling and gilt fillets on turn-ins and board edges, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Pictorial bookplate of John A. Spoor 1921 on inside front cover by Emery Walker. Elegantly printed with text within decorative frames on each page. Spine lightly rubbed, small tear to the inside front endpaper. [Potter, 137] Condition: Near Fine Edward Fitzgerald continually revised and rearranged his version of the Rubáiyát, which was first published privately by the author in 1859, through four distinct editions during his lifetime. This third edition settled on 101 quatrains (as opposed to 75 in the first edition and 110 in the second), which is how it solidified. 500 copies were printed. A RARITY. In this third edition the translator is not credited on the title page, nor is the introductory text. Fitzgerald said of his Persian translations that they were "All very well, but very little affairs..." (from the Bibliographical Note in the 1926 Shakespeare Head Press edition, which we are offering, inventory #416) This copy bears the bookplate of Chicago business mogul John A. Spoor. An avid book collector, he assembled a notable and impressive book collection during the late 19th and early 20th century, which was auctioned in 1939 by Parke-Bernet New York over the course of 6 days. The Morgan Library holds a number of books with the Spoor bookplate in its collections. This bookplate was engraved by Emery Walker (1851 – 1933), an engraver, publisher and photographer active in the Arts and Crafts movement, whose work in type design inspired the evolution of private presses in the UK, among them William Morris' Kelmscott...
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Mid-19th Century Antique English Books

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The Ladies Pocket Book of Etiquette – WHITTINGTON PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / A.F. (1838) The Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquette; With Engravings by Hester Sainsbury Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Pres...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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Contemporary Art Catalog Book Sotheby s London 2017
By Sotheby s
Located in New York, NY
A Jean-Micheal Basquiat cover contemporary art catalog book, Day Auction, Sotheby's London, 9 March, 2017. A beautifully done catalog book (soft-cover) covering the March 9, 2017 day...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited Edition Number 77
By William Shakespeare
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77 Circa 1912. Leatherbound. 15 volumes. Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...
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Early 20th Century Victorian English Books

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Leather, Paper

Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures by Yann-Brice Dherbier, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures by Yann-Brice Dherbier. Published by Anna Books Co. London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Steve McQueen, the self confessed ‘King of Cool’ is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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John Morier, The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in 3 Volumes London: 1824
Located in San Francisco, CA
"The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan", 12mo., complete in 3 purple full polished calf bound volumes, with gilt page ends and blue marbled endpapers, 1st edition. Written by James...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Books

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Country House Remembered, Recollections of Life Between the Wars, 1st Ed
By Merlin Waterson
Located in valatie, NY
The Country House Remembered, Recollections of Life Between the Wars by Merlin Waterson. London: Rutledge & Kegan Paul. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1985. 256 pp. The bo...
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20th Century English Books

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English Furniture With Furniture of Other Countries in the Untermeyer Collection
Located in valatie, NY
English Furniture With Some Furniture of Other Countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection by John Gloat. London: Thames & Hudson, 1958. First edition hardcover, no dust jacket. 358+...
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20th Century English Books

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The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Sonia Soto, translator Octavo, 9 x 6 in (229 x 152 mm) 362 pages, illustrations pages 73-82. Hardcover, dust ja...
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Late 20th Century English Books

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Mireille [Mirèio] by Frédéric Mistral, Illustrated by F. Montenard
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Darbon-Ainé, 1922. Frédéric Montenard. LIMITED EDITION. 4to, 12 x 9 1/2 inches (305 x242 mm), (1), 253, (15) pp., printed on thick Papeteries d'Arches wove paper, deckle edge...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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When Thou Wast Naked by T. F. Powis – Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Illustrations: John Nash. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION. 8vo.; 9 1/2 x 6 in. (242 x 151 mm); 70 pp. 5 wood engravings by John Nas...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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A Crime Against Cania by Arthur Calder-Marshall – Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Blair Hughes-Stanton, illulstrator. FIRST, LIMITED. 8vo.; 9 1/2 x 6 in. (242 x 151 mm); 70 pp. Four wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, pr...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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The Romance of Sir Degrevaunt – KELMSCOTT PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. LIMITED EDITION, 8vo, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (208 x 145 mm); (4),81,(1) pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Burne-Jones, ornamental woodcut border to...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Books

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The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke / DOVES PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1909. Large 8vo, 9 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches (235 x 162 mm); 158, (2), 23 Appendix, (1) pp. Printed in black and red with a calligraphed initial in green ink ...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
ROWLANDSON'S FIRST and most famous color-plate book. FIRST EDITION, in 3 volumes, with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates. London: 1808-1810, Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 ...
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Early 19th Century Antique English Books

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Leather, Paint, Paper

Britwell House: The David Hicks Residence. Sotheby s (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The sale catalogue for the contents of Britwell House, sold by direction of Mr David and Lady Pamela Hicks. A collection put together between 1960 and 1979, while they owned and live...
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1970s Vintage English Books

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Stephen HAWKING. My Brief History. 1ST UK ED - WITH HIS BLACK INK THUMB PRINT !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen. TITLE: My Brief History. A Memoir. PUBLISHER: London: Bantam Press, 2013. DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB P...
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2010s English Books

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Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables and Sofas, First Edition Books
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables by Simon Yates and Sofas by Constance King. The Wellfleet Press, London, 1989. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. A pair of great historical re...
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1980s Vintage English Books

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The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Ed., 1898
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper boun...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Books

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Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby s, 1985-1986, 1st Ed
By Sotheby s
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's, 1985-1986, Edit by Georgia Fogg. Printed by Sotheby's, London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of...
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1980s Vintage English Books

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Sotheby s Auction Catalogue for The Krug Collection of Glass Part I
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, The Krug Collection of Glass Part I. London: Sotheby's Parke Bernet and Co., 1981. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 185 pp. An auction catalogue for the Krug Coll...
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20th Century English Books

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The Cottage Homes of England by Helen Stewart D. Allingham
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Edward Arnold, 1909. Helen Allingham, illustrations. FIRST EDITION Large 8vo, 9 1/4 x 7 inches (233 x 180 mm); [2], xvi, 287, [1] + 16 publishers advertisements; some pages ...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Antique English Books

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The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon – FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1959. First Edition. 8vo, 8 3/ 8 x 5 5/8 inches (213 x 140 mm); (5), 311, (1) pp. Original cloth-backed speckled paper boards with white spi...
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Mid-20th Century English Books

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Pyramus Thisbe; from A Midsummer Night s Dream, woodcuts by Chris Nurse
Located in Middletown, NY
Monmountshire: Old Stile Press, 2003. Limited Edition. Oblong 4to, 10 x 11 1/4 inches (247 x 286 mm), 52 pp. unnumbered, Somerset 250g paper, Somerset type. 20+ chiaroscuro woodcut...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Illustrations of English and Scottish History in 2 Leatherbound Quarto Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time" by Thomas Archer. Blackie & Son, n.d. in two qu...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Books

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John Keats – Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners Other Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins Waltham St.Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Quarto, 12 x 7 1/2 inches (305 x 190mm); pp. 104; with nineteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); copy 178 of 345 copies printed Batchelor hand-made paper, special Cockerel watermark; red ink on title page, red and blue ink for incidental initials by Eric Gill and David Jones's colophon device; 1/4 brown sharkskin and green cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London; gilt titling; top edge gilt, others uncut; slight staining to head of spine, clean, fresh, and bright inside and out. [Chanticleer 62; Ransom p. 298, no. 60]. An elegant and beautifully proportioned and illustrated version of John Keat's (1795-1825) famous poems, which constitute the final volume Keats lived to see, published in July 1820. From the Oxford text edited by H. Buxton Forman. Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was and Irish wood...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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Thomas Chippendale s, the Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director, Facsimile
Located in valatie, NY
Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and cabinet makers Director. Published by The Chippendale Society, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2005. 1st Ed thus hardcover with dust jacket. A beautifu...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Dante, The Albion Edition
Located in New York, NY
1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante. The Albion Edition. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary A.M. With a life of Dante, chronological ...
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20th Century English Books

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London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1796
Located in Middletown, NY
London, 1796. 64mo, 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (57 x 33 mm), 24pp. Very beautiful publisher's Venetian style mosaic style inlaid morocco in green, red, and blue, with gilt decorations, centr...
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18th Century Antique English Books

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Christie s, Catalogue Furniture, Silver and Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Catalogue Furniture, Silver & Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002. Softcover auction catalogue with results. 302 pp. Featuring the late George II mahogany furniture commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Bath; the pair of French lacquer cabinets...
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Early 2000s English Books

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6 Volumes. Lady Paget (A British Humanitarian 1881-1958)
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. Lady Paget. (1881-1958) A British Humanitarian Active In The Cause of Serbian Relief. Works. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco by Bayntun, top edges gilt, raised bands, linen boar...
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20th Century English Books

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China from the West by David Howard, Vol I and Vol II, Signed 1st Ed
By David Howard, John Ayers
Located in valatie, NY
China from the West by David Howard and John Ayers. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. First edition hard cover in two volumes with slip case, 1978. 1048 pp. A retrospective ...
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20th Century English Books

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Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby s 1981-1982, 1st Ed
By Sotheby s
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction : The Year at Sotheby's 1981-1982. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of the year's...
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1980s Vintage English Books

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Victoria and Albert Museum, the Panelled Rooms Complete Set of Six Volumes
By Victoria and Albert Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Victoria and Albert Museum, the panelled rooms complete set of six volumes. Hardcovers consisting of Three 1st Editions and Three 2nd Editions. Volume 1....
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Early 20th Century English Books

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Sotheby s: Important English Furniture including the Horlick Collection
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important English Furniture including the Horlick Collection, London 5th June 2007. First edition softcover with 256 on 303 pp. ...
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Early 2000s English Books

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History Of England, 5 Vols., 1849
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Vols 1-V, Third Ed. Brown leather with gilt spines, leather and marbled boards. Marbled end papers, yellow edges. Includes: Vol. 1, Third...
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19th Century Victorian Antique English Books

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English Pottery by Griselda Lewis, First Edition
By Griselda Lewis
Located in valatie, NY
A picture history of English pottery by Griselda Lewis. London: Hulton Press, 1956. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. A history of pottery in England with 418 illustrated examples. It includes pieces with a simple crudity and rustic simplicity to pieces of extreme sophistication. The book covers periods from the first Bronze Age to post WWII with an emphasis on the humorous quality of many. There are medieval jugs...
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20th Century English Books

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County Seats of the Noblemen Gentlemen of Great Britain Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...
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19th Century Antique English Books

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Sotheby s A Magnificent Roman Baroque Cabinet by Giacomo Herman, 12/2007
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: A Magnificent Roman Baroque cabinet by Giacomo Herman. December 4th 2007. Softcover auction catalogue. A magnificent Roman Baroque Cabinet on Stand...
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Early 2000s English Books

Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1966
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original unclipped dust jacket an...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Books

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Two Volume Set on European Ceramic Art, Pair of 1st Ed s Books
By W.B. Honey
Located in valatie, NY
A two volume set on European Ceramic Art. 1.) European Ceramic Art from the end of the Middle Ages to circa 1815. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. 1st Ed hardcover with no dust jacket. 788 pp. A comprehensive dictionary of European ceramic art including extensive information on factories, artists, technical terms, and much more. 2.) European Ceramic Art by W...
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Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France – Rowlandson
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (uncredited). Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France Shortly Before the Revolution; Embellished with Seve...
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Early 19th Century Antique English Books

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Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton
Located in valatie, NY
Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton. Publisher; Scala Books, London, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Great Collectors of Our Time" is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's "Great Private Collections," published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in Europe, North America and the Far East, and follows their tastes - whether in the Old Masters or the avant garde - from the 20th century into the 21st. In 1945, Paris was still the cultural capital of the world, but its culture was being increasingly challenged by America. American collecting was soon to pull up its European anchor and move across the Atlantic, in growing acceptance of America's own art, the decline in the domination of three European schools of art - Italian Renaissance, English 18th century and French 19th...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Half Hours by J. M. Barrie, the creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. FIRST EDITION Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. vi + 207. Beautiful red calf binding Red calf binding by Root & Son, with gold fill...
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Early 20th Century English Books

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The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. by Thomas MOORE
Located in Middletown, NY
A handsomely-bound collection of juvenile poetry by Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852), published under the pseudonym of Thomas Little due to the eroticism of their content, as Moore's celebration of kisses and embraces was regarded as improper. A relatively successful publication, which was put to an end with the Victorian tight sense of propriety. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet...
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Armada, 1588-1988 An International Exhibition to Commemorate the Spanish Armada
Located in valatie, NY
Armada, 1588-1988: An International Exhibition to Commemorate the Spanish Armada by M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado and The National Maritime Museum. Penguin Bo...
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1980s Vintage English Books

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